Press Room
“Solid…. Beautiful… Inspiring!”
"That lump in your throat that you get when you hear the National Anthem? I got it watching that video. Powerful message and one that can transform the American Cynic back to the American Dreamer."
“Great film...a high involvement culture is what all companies should strive to create”
“Wow! The important message of the film comes through loud and clear: a good free market life styles requires earning through ownership of capital as well as labor.”
“I am really excited about this. ‘We the Owners’ is going to fill a huge void!”
“The world is changing faster than ever. ‘We the Owners’ shows us how the openness and interconnectivity inherent in employee ownership helps businesses react and respond faster…. and better.”
“A great film for the classroom as business schools are an important place to change business norms that would spread more places.”
“The entrepreneurial companies featured in the film makes it clear that while the journey may be different, the starting principles of employee ownership are common.”
"That lump in your throat that you get when you hear the National Anthem? I got it watching that video. Powerful message and one that can transform the American Cynic back to the American Dreamer."
“Great film...a high involvement culture is what all companies should strive to create”
“Wow! The important message of the film comes through loud and clear: a good free market life styles requires earning through ownership of capital as well as labor.”
“I am really excited about this. ‘We the Owners’ is going to fill a huge void!”
“The world is changing faster than ever. ‘We the Owners’ shows us how the openness and interconnectivity inherent in employee ownership helps businesses react and respond faster…. and better.”
“A great film for the classroom as business schools are an important place to change business norms that would spread more places.”
“The entrepreneurial companies featured in the film makes it clear that while the journey may be different, the starting principles of employee ownership are common.”
Selections
In The News
The film has been screened at colleges, conferences, companies, and private events across the nation. The excitement has been overwhelming. View some of the articles about We the Owners: Employees Expanding the American Dream here:
Premieres & Screenings
NCEO/Beyster InstituteConference: April 25, 2012
IAFEP/Beyster Symposium at
Rutgers SMLR: July 13, 2012
University Preview at SDSU:
September 28, 2012
ESOP Association California/
Western States Chapter
Conference: October 5, 2012
Tellus Institute/Great Transition
Initiative: October 24, 2012
MIT Sloan Innovation Period (SIP)
Conference: October 25, 2012
West Coast Premiere with the
Beyster Institute at Global
Entrepreneurship Week, SD:
November 13, 2012
Prairie Capital & SRC Screening at
DePaul University, Chicago:
December 6, 2012
USASBE 2013 Annual Conference,
San Francisco: January 13, 2013
New Belgium Brewing, Colorado:
January 15, 2013
Namaste Solar, Colorado:
January 16, 2013
University of Louisville College
of Business Horn Auditorium:
February 8, 2013 MORE INFO
Polsky Theatre at Johnson County
Community College, Kansas City:
February 12, 2013 MORE INFO
University of Minnesota, Cowles
Auditorium:February 26, 2013
MORE INFO
University of Stirling, MacRobert
Art Centre, Scotland:
February 27, 2013 MORE INFO
University of Aberdeen, Scotland:
February 28, 2013 MORE INFO
University of Edinburgh, Scotland:
March 6, 2013 MORE INFO
Glasgow Caledonian University,
Scotland: March 7, 2013 MORE INFO
San Luis Obispo Int'l Film Festival,
SLO Downtown Cinemas:
March 8, 2013 MORE INFO
San Luis Obispo Int'l Film Festival,
Park Cinemas, Paso Robles:
March 9, 2013 MORE INFO
University of York, Management
School, England: March 11, 2013
Cass Business School, London,
England: March 12, 2013
Grande École de Commerce,
INSEEC Business School, Paris,
France: March 14, 2013
University of San Diego, School of
Law: April 4, 2013
Rutgers University, School of Labor
and Management Relations:
April 17, 2013
NCEO/Beyster Institute Conference
2013, Seattle, WA: April 25, 2013
MIT SLOAN, Sustainable Business
Class: May 7, 2013
Subversive Film Festival, Croatia:
May 11, 2013
Private Salisbury University
Employee Ownership Workshop:
May 10, 2013
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Advanced
Tech Labs (ATL): May 13, 2013
San Luis Obispo Hot House:
May 13, 2013
Employee Ownership Australia
& New Zealand, Univ. of Melbourne:
May 21, 2013 REGISTER HERE
11th Annual VEOC Employee
Conference, Champlain College in
Burlington, VT: June 7, 2013
BALLE Conference 2013,
Buffalo, NY: June 13, 2013
73rd Academy of Management
Annual Mtg, Lake Buena Vista, FL:
August 11, 2013 MORE INFO
Great Game of Business Open
Book Conf. 2013, St. Louis, MO:
September 5, 2013
University of Southern Indiana:
October 29, 2013
San Pedro International Film
Festival 2013: October 6, 2013
MORE INFO
San Diego Film Festival 2013:
October 6, 2013 MORE INFO
Indie Spirit Film Festival 2013:
October 5, 2013, 2:15pm at
the City Auditorium and
October 6, 2013, 12:30pm
at Cottonwood Center for the Arts
New Jersey Film Festival 2013:
October 11, 2013
Alexandria Film Festival 2013:
November 8, 2013
California Independent Film
Festival 2013: November 9, 2013,
6:00pm MORE INFO
Rutgers University Newark
January 10, 2014, 5:00pm
USD Business School
March 25, 2014, 12:00pm to 1:45pm
Ohio Employee Ownership
Center Conference: April 23, 2014,
6:00pm to 7:30pm MORE INFO
May Day Workers Film Festival:
May 2, 2014, 6:00pm
MORE INFO
KPBS Broadcasting:
May 5, 2014, 10:00pm MORE INFO
UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge:
May 6, 2014, 6:00pm
Labor and Employment Relations
Association: May 30, 2014, 3:45pm
U.S. Federation of Worker
Cooperatives: May 31, 2014, 5:00pm
American Sociology Association
Annual Meeting Film and Video
Screening: August 19, 2014
KPBS Broadcast:
September 14th, 2pm PST
San Diego Public Library:
September 10th, 5:30-7:30PM
MORE INFO
Queen’s School of Business,
Queen’s University, Canada:
September 22, 2014
University of Toronto, Rotman
School of Business:
September 23, 2014
Ivey Business School,
Western University, Ontario Canada:
September 24, 2014
Vermont Employee Ownership Center with Gardener’s Supply, VT
October 15, 2014
Treehouse Coffee Shop, NJ
March 24, 2015
Carris Reels, VT
April 16, 2015
MIT Alumni Reunion, MA
June 5, 2015
TiE, San Diego, CA
September 22, 2015
Commonwealth Cooperative Federal, NY
October 7 & 15, 2015
Not all screenings are listed. We thank everyone who continues to hold screenings.